Why Prince Harry wasn't invited to this weekend's Royal wedding despite brother William attending
Another day and there’s more prince tea to spill in the UK.
This cuppa comes courtesy of the two brothers, Princes Harry and William, as one’s snubbed from their cousin’s wedding.
Our future king, Prince William is said to be attending Peter Phillips’ wedding tomorrow (6 June) (for his second marriage) to Harriet Sperling.
But the estranged Harry is reportedly not attending.
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Of course, he’s not the only Prince to be estranged from the Royal Family, but he did attend Phillips’s previous wedding back in 2008.
The only son of Princess Anne and Queen Elizabeth’s oldest grandson, he’s the first of the grandkids to remarry. He was previously married to Autumn Kelly from 2008 to 2021 – and William actually missed that wedding as he was attending one in Kenya.
He’s swapped places with his brother this time though, as it’s said Harry was simply NFI.
Yep, not flippin’ invited.
Apparently, it’s simply down to who Phillips is actually mates with out of his cousins, basically.
That’s according to royal commentator Emily Nash anyway.
“I think it comes down to interpersonal relationships, doesn’t it?” she told Page Six ahead of this weekend’s big do.
“What we were told was that Peter hadn’t spoken to Harry for the last few years. And so it sort of has been a natural cooling off and he wasn’t invited as a result.”
However, Phillips is said to be ‘very close’ with William and is said to be ‘very loyal’ and ‘very protective’.
“He’s [Phillips] been a very good sounding board to his cousin over the years,” Nash continued.
“So it absolutely makes sense that I think had both Wales brothers been there, it would have put a completely different slant on the whole event.
“And that’s not what you want on what should be the happiest day of your life, right?”
Nash claimed Phillips has been a bit of a ‘peacemaker’ in the past, said to be positioned between the two supposed ‘warring brothers’ at Prince Philip’s funeral back in 2021.
“Of course, a lot of water has gone under the bridge since then,” she added.
The royal editor reckons it was a ‘smart move’ to snub Harry, as it could have become the ‘absolute focal point’ for the wedding and there’s already been ‘enough distractions from the good things’ this year for the royals.
“Hopefully, they can just have this one day to come together and celebrate someone’s happy news for a change,” she said.
The LADbible Group has contacted representatives for Prince Harry for comment.
Topics: Royal Family, Prince Harry, Prince William
Jess Battison